Spending up 3.9% in 2017 versus 4.8% in 2016, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Growth in U.S. health-care spending slowed in 2017 to rates not seen since just after the 2007-09 recession, a deceleration tied to softer demand for medical services and weakness in health-care coverage gains after years of expansion.

Spending on all health care increased 3.9% last year to $3.5 trillion, according to a report released Thursday from actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That is down from a 4.8% rate of growth in 2016.